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C. C. Pierce & Co. photographs

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS P 386

Scope and Contents

Collection includes 47 photographs of Southern California, taken by C.C. Pierce & Co. between 1886 and the 1930s.

Dates

  • approximately 1886-1939

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research. Items kept in cold storage; access requires 24 hours advance notice.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from C.C. Pierce & Co. photographs must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.

Biographical / Historical

C. C. Pierce & Co. was a photography studio in Los Angeles, California.

Biographical / Historical

C.C. Pierce & Co. (approximately 1900-1946) was a photography studio in Los Angeles, California.

The C.C. Pierce & Co. photography studio was established around 1900 at 313 Spring Street, Los Angeles, California, by Charles Chester Pierce. The business moved several times over the course of its roughly 40-year existence, and eventually expanded to the sale of photographic supplies. Notably, the photography studio functioned to create a vast picture library amassed by Pierce. Pierce both made his own photographs and acquired the negatives and prints of other regional photographers such as Emil Ellis, Parker and Knight, Ramsey, Herve Friend, L.M. Clendenon, George P. Thresher, George Wharton James, and F.M. Huddleston. Pierce later erased their signatures and replaced them with his own, before organizing the lot into subject files. Pierce then created an archive which he called the "C.C. Pierce Collection of Rare, Historical and Curious Photographs, Illustrating California, the Pacific Coast and the Southwest", which became an important resource for the studio's patrons, such as boosters and researchers.

Extent

1 folder (0.01 linear ft.)

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602.

Appraisal

Photographs (Photograph Archives).

Title
Register of C.C. Pierce & Co. photographs
Author
Lucas J. Chehda
Date
2012 February 27
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English in Latin script.

Repository Details

Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository

Contact:
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States